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Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to show off. But I'm a Leo - need I say more? But seriously, I just want to make sure the attention goes to the work the guy is doing, not the guy doing the work.
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Every now and then that "voice of MS" is MS – or at least it is affected by MS. I have been doing quite a lot of speaking engagements these past few weeks (and it won't let up for some time).
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My schedule has brought this voice issue to the forefront of my mind, and I thought I'd share it with you all. If I think of the one MS symptom that scares me the most, it would be the loss of ability to communicate verbally.
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All the symptoms are scary: paralysis, blindness, incontinence, loss of cognition. Yeah, they're all scary! But for this person living with MS, loss of speech is the biggie.
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I have heard people speak whose voices are severely weakened by the disease, and I have heard people whose breath control causes their voice to be weak and wavy. I have yet to have any of those issues.
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When my "MS voice" sets in, it's more like I have a deep allergy in my chest or something. Remember how President Bill Clinton sounded when he had one of his allergic bouts; that bad stage-whisper kind of sound? That's my "MS voice."
It comes and goes.
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I don't think it's ever lasted more than a week or so. Sometimes, it is here and gone in a day.
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Still it is a very fearful experience for me. Even with a cane or my walker, I feel like I can stand tall and strongly state my point with (or about) multiple sclerosis.
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When "MS voice" strikes, I feel like a shrinking violet spitting my words into the wind of the world. Do you or have you ever experienced any vocal issues from your MS?
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Please describe your "MS voice." Share with us the MS symptom you dread most – I may be the only one who sees this as the penultimate theft of MS. I'd also like to say that I share with you, the love of this site.
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I want you to know that, I too, look forward to your comments to each other and to me on a daily basis. Wishing you and your family the best of health. Cheers,
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